Polak
[ˈpɔlak]
The verdict
“Polak” is uncommon German (frequency #53,989 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,989
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pole
Corpus desk
Index DE-polak · Polak · German
Polak · rank #53,989 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,989
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH Poland
Nearest frequency peer: Poland (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Polak“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- played
played
46,015 corpus weight
- Pogrom
Pogrom
46,014 corpus weight
- Polak
Polak
46,012 corpus weight
- Poland
Poland
46,011 corpus weight
- Polizeipräs…
Polizeipräsidiums
46,010 corpus weight
- postel
postel
46,009 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Polak“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Polak |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɔlak] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,989 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Polak“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Polak is uncommon German at frequency #53,989 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɔlak]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pole".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Polak, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Polak, spelled P-O-L-A-K.
Definition
- 1Pole
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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